IMAGES OF THE PAST: THE STAGING AND POPULARIZATION OF HISTORY IN DIGITAL GAMES
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Milan Weber
History is more popular today than ever before. It has an increasingly prominent presence in popular media, where it is heard, read, seen, told, reenacted, experienced, and played. Digital games have contributed significantly to this steadily growing popularity. They not only shape the ideas that millions of people around the world have about the past—they also transform them.
This makes a systematic examination of how history is presented within the medium essential. Alongside books and films, digital games have become one of the most important media for popularizing history, regardless of the age, gender, or national background of their audiences.
Digital games play a central role in any scholarly attempt to understand how history is represented, staged, negotiated, and endowed with meaning across society. What image of history do digital games convey? How do the medium’s distinctive characteristics affect the popularization of history? And above all, how does the medium transform our historical culture?
In his study, Milan Weber addresses these and other questions, examining the many ways in which popular history is transformed within one of the most widely consumed media of our time.
PUBLICATION DETAILS
LANGUAGE | BINDING | EDITION | ISBN | YEAR | PAGES |
German | Paperback | 9783412536329 | 2026 | 568 |
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Images of the Past The Staging and Popularization of History in Digital Games
Bilder der Vergangenheit Inszenierung und Popularisierung von Geschichte in digitalen Spielen
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Authors: #MilanWeber
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Genres: #GameStudies #WorldHistory
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